Medical Imaging

Physicians utilize medical imaging to see inside the body to diagnose and treat patients. This includes computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray, ultrasound, fluoroscopy, angiography,  and the nuclear imaging modalities of PET and SPECT. 

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Brain MRI may ID differences in neurological diseases, personalities

Neurological and psychiatric disorders may be diagnosed through functional connectivity MRI (fcMRI) by detecting differences in neural networks, according to a release from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

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fMRI reveals cognitive bias strongly effects judgement of music

Researchers have found through fMRI that surmounting bias about music quality requires a great amount of cognitive effort.

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MRI shows immune cells healing brain's lining after a concussion

According to a National Institutes of Health (NIH) news release published April 17, NIH scientists observed in real time how immune system cells cooperatively fix the damaged lining of the brain after a concussion.

Canon strengthens partnership with Arcoma by entering reseller agreement

Canon Medical Systems targets diagnostic x-ray segment with digital x-ray systems Aceso and Aceso+.

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Immunotherapy improves survival rates of lung cancer patients versus chemo alone

Recent research found the chances of survival in patients with lung cancer significantly improves if they are given immunotherapy treatment along with chemotherapy, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Lack of sleep may be linked to Alzheimer's

Not getting enough sleep in a single night may be correlated with developing Alzheimer's disease later on in life, suggests an April 13 press release from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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How to safely and significantly decrease breast MR wait time

Researchers from the University of Michigan may have found a way to significantly decrease MRI wait time while maintaining high image quality that can be applied to other practices, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Breast cancer surgery could trigger tumor growth, relapse

Breast cancer surgery may actually inflate a patient’s chances of metastasis and relapse, researchers reported in Science Translational Medicine this week—and the healing process might be partly responsible.

Around the web

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.

Deepak Bhatt, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and principal investigator of the TRANSFORM trial, explains an emerging technique for cardiac screening: combining coronary CT angiography with artificial intelligence for plaque analysis to create an approach similar to mammography.

A total of 16 cardiology practices from 12 states settled with the DOJ to resolve allegations they overbilled Medicare for imaging agents used to diagnose cardiovascular disease.